Famous birth charts · Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau’s chart in full
Born June 11, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
19°40′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
11°55′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
29°49′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
8°54′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
25°14′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
4°45′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
2°47′
Uranus in Capricornretrograde
24°33′
Neptune in Cancer
17°57′
Pluto in Gemini
26°13′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
28°05′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
2°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
9°17′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Mars opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Uranus quincunx Pluto close at 1.7°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
Mercury conjunction North Node close at 1.7°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn close at 2.0°
When to expand and when to hold back took constant rethinking.
Mars sextile North Node close at 2.8°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 3.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
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Mercury sextile Mars wide at 4.6°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 4.9°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 5.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 6.1°
Serious about love: he gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 6.5°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 6.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Jupiter trine North Node wide at 6.7°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Mars conjunction Neptune wide at 7.3°
Action guided by imagination: he moved on instinct and feeling, and he gave his all to a vision.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
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